Joe McKnight Shooter Arrested & Charged

Protests erupted after authorities failed to charge Ronald Gasser, who is White, in McKnight's death.

Nearly a week after a road rage incident turned deadly, Police in Terrytown, Louisiana have filed charges against a White man accused of fatally shooting former New York Jets player Joe McKnight, who was Black.

Still, authorities investigating the case are weighing whether to consider Louisiana’s stand-your-ground law, which allows citizens to use deadly force if an attacker poses an imminent threat, reports say.

The local NAACP chapter held a press conference on Monday calling for action and transparency in the investigation. NAACP leaders point to the fatal shooting of ex-NFL star WillSmith,whose attacker Cardell Hayes, also Black, was immediately arrested and charged with second-degree murder after a similar road rage incident in April. Deliberations for the Hayes trial began on Monday.

McKnight recently played as a running back for the Saskatchewan Roughriders in the Canadian Football League.

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